Tairona

And they are the descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization, the greatest goldsmiths of South America, who in the wake of the conquest, retreated into this isolated volcanic massif that soars to 20,000 feet above the Caribbean coastal plain.

Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual Wade Davis 2008

These, of course, are the descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization.

Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual Wade Davis 2008

And they are the descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization, the greatest goldsmiths of South America, who in the wake of the conquest, retreated into this isolated volcanic massif that soars to 20,000 feet above the Caribbean coastal plain.

Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual Wade Davis 2008

These, of course, are the descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization.

Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual Wade Davis 2008

And they are the descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization, the greatest goldsmiths of South America, who in the wake of the conquest, retreated into this isolated volcanic massif that soars to 20,000 feet above the Caribbean coastal plain.

Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual Wade Davis 2008

These, of course, are the descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization.

Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual Wade Davis 2008

Archaeologists and indigenous peoples have fled the 2,500-year-old Tairona city, where several tourists were kidnapped last year.

Lost City 2004

Descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization which once carpeted the Caribbean coastal plain of Colombia in the wake of the conquest, these people retreated into an isolated volcanic massif that soars above the Caribbean coastal plain.

Wade Davis on endangered cultures 2003

Descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization which once carpeted the Caribbean coastal plain of Colombia in the wake of the conquest, these people retreated into an isolated volcanic massif that soars above the Caribbean coastal plain.

Wade Davis on endangered cultures 2003

Descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization which once carpeted the Caribbean coastal plain of Colombia in the wake of the conquest, these people retreated into an isolated volcanic massif that soars above the Caribbean coastal plain.

Wade Davis on endangered cultures 2003